Carlie Woodson
P3 Art Fund
Color Vocabulary
12/8/08
Hue = a color or shade:
Primary Colors = a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing:
Secondary Colors = color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors:
Tertiary Colors = tertiary colors are colors made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color:
Analogous Colors = Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel:
Monochromatic Colors = Monochromatic colors are all the colors of the same hue:
Complementary Colors = colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum:
High Intensity = colors with high intensity:
Low Intensity = colors with low intensity:
Warm colors = Red, orange, and yellow. These colors are known as the warm colors because they are the colors in fire:
Cool colors = colors such as blue, green, and violet. These colors are known as the cool colors because they are the colors of water, ice, ponds, lakes, etc:
P3 Art Fund
Color Vocabulary
12/8/08
Hue = a color or shade:
Primary Colors = a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing:
Secondary Colors = color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors:
Tertiary Colors = tertiary colors are colors made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color:
Analogous Colors = Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel:
Monochromatic Colors = Monochromatic colors are all the colors of the same hue:
Complementary Colors = colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum:
High Intensity = colors with high intensity:
Low Intensity = colors with low intensity:
Warm colors = Red, orange, and yellow. These colors are known as the warm colors because they are the colors in fire:
Cool colors = colors such as blue, green, and violet. These colors are known as the cool colors because they are the colors of water, ice, ponds, lakes, etc: